2016 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 13 - Courts and Judicial Procedure
RS 13:1371.2 - Clerk; election; term of office; deputy clerks
§1371.2. Clerk; election; term of office; deputy clerks
A. There shall be one clerk of the Criminal District Court for the parish of Orleans, who shall be elected by the qualified electors of the parish of Orleans. He shall be elected at the election for parochial and municipal officers in Orleans Parish, shall serve for a term of four years, and shall take office and begin his term on the first Monday in May following election.
B. The clerk of the Criminal District Court for the parish of Orleans shall appoint, with the approval of the judges of the court, such deputy clerks as are necessary to properly conduct the business of his office and of the court.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 63, §3; Acts 1975, No. 143, §1. Amended by Acts 1981, No. 122, §1; Acts 2006, No. 621, §19(B), eff. when the clerk of the 41st JDC takes office; Acts 2012, No. 474, §4(B)(2).
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